ELE 587 Competency Appraisal

National College of Education

Elementary Education Program

ELE 587 Resident Teaching Competency Appraisal

This Competency Appraisal is a tool used to assess the active involvement of the candidate (the National Louis teacher candidate) during the ELE 587 Resident Teaching experience. These Competency Appraisals help determine the course grade for the experience and become a part of the candidate’s permanent record at the university. The Mentor Teacher, Resident and University Faculty Liaison, each complete a Competency Appraisal. All 3 completed appraisals are turned in to the University Faculty Liaison.

The rubric serves as a guide for understanding the terms of the scale used to assess each indicator. The candidate is to be assessed at this point in their development as a preservice teacher. Please include comments in the space provided.

Quality

Frequency

4/Excellent

Complete understanding and outstanding performance of high quality is evident in this area.

Consistently present throughout the experience.

3/Good

Thorough understanding and acceptable performance of high quality is evident in this area.

Present throughout most of the experience.

2/Fair

Partial understanding and uneven performance of some quality is evident in this area.

Present throughout some of the experience.

1/Poor

Minimal understanding and performance of questionable quality is evident in this area.

Present throughout very little of the experience.

NA: Unable to Assess

Understanding or performance of this area was not observed.

Understanding or performance of this area was not observed.

The Knowledge and Performance Standards on Which the Competency Appraisal Indicators are Based

INTASC – Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium Standards

ACEI – Association for Childhood Education International Standards

1. Planning and Preparation

Candidates possess the skills of planning and teaching lessons appropriate for the students, subject, and curriculum. Candidates provide opportunities that support all students’ intellectual, social, and personal development and address the diversity of students and their learning needs.

2. The Classroom Environment

Candidates demonstrate an awareness of and the ability to maintain a classroom environment conducive to learning.

3. Instruction

Candidates understand and demonstrate the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of content and create meaningful integrated learning experiences that develop all students' competence in subject matter and skills for various developmental levels. Candidates utilize effective modes of communication (verbal, nonverbal, written, and/or technology). Candidates demonstrate the ability to incorporate assessment in their teaching.

4. Professional Responsibilities

Candidates collaborate with school colleagues (including support services personnel), parents/families and community agencies to support students and their learning. Candidates are reflective/analytic practitioners in ways that support their own professional development. Candidates demonstrate a commitment to teaching as a profession.

CHICAGO DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

NLU’s Chicago campus on South Michigan Avenue occupies five floors of the historic Peoples Gas Building. This landmark building, across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago and Grant Park, is easily accessible by train, bus and car and is surrounded by restaurants, parking lots/garages and shops.

ELGIN

Conveniently located in a fast-growing business district off I-90 and Route 31, NLU Elgin features 10 classrooms with high-tech media equipment; a computer lab with high-speed Internet access; two conference rooms; and comfortable student lounges. Parking is free at this recently remodeled and upgraded teaching site, which now includes wireless Internet access.

NORTH SHORE

Opened in the summer of 2006, NLU North Shore at Skokie is a state-of-the-art modern campus located just off the Edens Expressway near the Old Orchard Shopping Center. The campus includes 44 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a walk-in lab in the library; six conference rooms; a public café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; and multiple, comfortable student lounge areas.

LISLE

Located just minutes from the East-West Tollway (I-88), NLU Lisle features 42 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a separate walk-in lab in the library; a café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; conference rooms; and six comfortable student lounge areas with wireless access.

WHEELING

Located in one of Chicago's major northwest suburbs, the newly renovated NLU Wheeling includes 20 classrooms with high-tech media equipment, four conference rooms, four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, large student lounge areas with wireless capabilities and interactive video capabilities, and an extensive research library. The site also houses the university library research collection.

FLORIDA (TAMPA)

Established in 1988 and located in one of the city's major business districts, NLU's Florida Regional Center serves students in 13 counties in central Florida. In addition to six classrooms, this location features a conference room, a computer lab with high-speed Internet access, an extensive research library and comfortable student lounges.

WISCONSIN

NLU's Milwaukee campus has a proud history of serving graduate students in education in southeastern Wisconsin. Nearly one in five certified Wisconsin teachers looks to NLU for graduate education programs – more than any other university in the state. In addition to classrooms with high-tech media equipment, the campus offers a state-of-the-art computer lab with wireless Internet access and an extensive IDS research library.